Our Oriental Heritage
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Our Oriental Heritage is the first volume of Will Durant’s influential multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization," surveying the history and cultures of the ancient Near East and Asia.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | The Story of Civilization, Volume I: Our Oriental Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Will Durant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coversPeriod |
ancient history
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medieval history in Asia ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
China
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Ariel Durant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural history
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history ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Ariel Durant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-671-21988-6 ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
Book Club editions
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trade paperback editions ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Life of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | popular understanding of world history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible prose style
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broad synthetic narrative of Eastern civilizations ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | over 1000 pages ⓘ |
| partOf |
20th-century historical literature
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The Story of Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| seriesOrderFollowedBy | The Life of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Asian civilizations
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Near Eastern civilizations ⓘ Oriental cultures ⓘ ancient history ⓘ art history ⓘ economic history ⓘ literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political history ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| volumeInSeries | first volume of The Story of Civilization ⓘ |
| workInSeriesBy | Will Durant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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